<![CDATA[“Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole.]]>“Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. Gunn later learned that the device was operated by a private, for-profit company, and that it automatically loads license plates and AI-generated profiles of each passing car into a massive database.

The only 12-foot pole Gunn had was his pool skimmer. He taped a sign to it, grabbed a camping chair, and sat himself in front of the camera. This Saturday, all the camera saw was Gunn’s sign: ‘DOWN WITH FLOCK CAMERAS.’”

https://www.cltampa.com/news/a-77-year-old-republican-man-is-staging-a-solo-protest-against-st-petes-flock-cameras/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/d01cde9a-cd0e-4f9b-85a9-debc9c9f56ee/carl-gunn-77-was-concerned-for-his-privacy-when-he-spotted-a-camera-outside-his-st.-petersburg-neighborhood-of-coquina-key-mounted-on-a-12-foot-tall-black-pole.RSS for NodeMon, 27 Jul 2026 02:20:36 GMTSun, 26 Jul 2026 01:08:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:48:40 GMT]]>@jalefkowit

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/knutson_brain/statuses/116984467989744452https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/knutson_brain/statuses/116984467989744452Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:48:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:19:53 GMT]]>@jalefkowit Public visibility is not public accountability when the resulting profile is proprietary. A useful boundary is whether residents can inspect retention, sharing, and appeal rules; without that, the camera collects evidence about everyone while offering none about itself.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116849800154202732/statuses/116984354820512464https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116849800154202732/statuses/116984354820512464Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:19:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:03:37 GMT]]>@notthatdelta @jalefkowit 😉

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wehavecookies.social/users/glitterbean/statuses/116984290811459895https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wehavecookies.social/users/glitterbean/statuses/116984290811459895Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:03:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 03:25:30 GMT]]>@jalefkowit "I have a constitutional right to my privacy. I’m a law-abiding citizen, and I don’t need anyone sticking their nose in my business. And if they do, I’m going to chop it off."

Same (except I'm more gay about it).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/notthatdelta/statuses/116984140967667496https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/notthatdelta/statuses/116984140967667496Sun, 26 Jul 2026 03:25:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:38:01 GMT]]>@jalefkowit
Retired and time on his hands. Love his new hobby!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ottawa.place/users/Pinchy63/statuses/116983954257550608https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ottawa.place/users/Pinchy63/statuses/116983954257550608Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:38:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:34:58 GMT]]>@jalefkowit

Dayum!

That's the way you do it!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/vor/statuses/116983942267182036https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/vor/statuses/116983942267182036Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:34:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:16:02 GMT]]>@jalefkowit

Republicans might, just might, be arriving at the conclusion & realizing "If they'll do it with you; they'll do it to you" when it comes to state surveillance & technofascism.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/explosion-surveillance-towers-coming-us-borders-costing-over-1-billion

https://fortune.com/2024/09/17/oracle-larry-ellison-surveillance-state-police-ai/

https://www.ms.now/opinion/ice-private-data-surveillance-bill-corca

https://theconversation.com/us-government-ramps-up-mass-surveillance-with-help-of-ai-tech-data-brokers-and-your-apps-and-devices-277440

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/06/10/trumps-deportation-agenda-secures-funding-that-could-outlast-his-presidency/

https://reason.com/2026/07/24/georgia-cops-keep-getting-arrested-for-misusing-flock-surveillance-data/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/15/fisa-surveillance-renewal-debate

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/senate-extends-controversial-surveillance-program-used-by-u-s-spy-agencies

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/06/ai-surveillance-policy

Primary the betrayers
https://truthout.org/articles/42-house-democrats-join-gop-in-passing-warrantless-mass-surveillance-bill/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116983867832198014https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116983867832198014Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:16:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:15:03 GMT]]>@jalefkowit kick ass, boomer!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/3janeTA/statuses/116983863917705306https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/3janeTA/statuses/116983863917705306Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:15:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:13:24 GMT]]>@jalefkowit hopefully there was an obscene thing drawn as well

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/autolycos/statuses/116983857415712078https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/autolycos/statuses/116983857415712078Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:13:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:00:32 GMT]]>@jalefkowit Legend.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/arisummerland/statuses/116983806821602939https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/arisummerland/statuses/116983806821602939Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:00:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:54:10 GMT]]>@DenOfEarth @jalefkowit THANKS! I love that soundtrack too! The picture is from John Allison, the creator of the comic Giant Days, Scary-Go-Round and Bad Machinery among others @jwallison I love BOB and his version of him.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/virtualbri/statuses/116983781822380108https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/virtualbri/statuses/116983781822380108Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:54:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:41:23 GMT]]>@jalefkowit Fuck yeah Carl!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mymasto.com/users/VWDasher/statuses/116983731563559534https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mymasto.com/users/VWDasher/statuses/116983731563559534Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:41:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:35:49 GMT]]>@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io

“And they’re reporting now that the Chinese have already picked up all of our voter registrations. They’re picking up more information on us, on how we live, and you know there’s a reason for it.”
Government literally spying on him and he still somehow gets some weird racism in there (as opposed to the way our government is actually trying to abuse anything vote related…)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fire.asta.lgbt/notes/ap4oxrclv2vy0aplhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fire.asta.lgbt/notes/ap4oxrclv2vy0aplSun, 26 Jul 2026 01:35:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:30:17 GMT]]>@jalefkowit

He could have just trained a pigeon to shit on it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/appassionato/statuses/116983687873374173https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/appassionato/statuses/116983687873374173Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:30:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:18:27 GMT]]>@virtualbri @jalefkowit
BTW I love your avatar from The Black Hole.
One of my favourite composers, John Barry.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/DenOfEarth/statuses/116983641350048584https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/DenOfEarth/statuses/116983641350048584Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:18:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Carl Gunn, 77, was concerned for his privacy when he spotted a camera outside his St. Petersburg neighborhood of Coquina Key, mounted on a 12-foot tall black pole. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:10:05 GMT]]>@jalefkowit Awesome.

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